Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to the present day. The strip was created by Anderson, with help from Phil Leeming (1955–1962) and later Dorothy Leeming (1963–1969), and (since August 2, 2004) Paul Anderson. The strip revolves around the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke. The strip on Sundays also has a side feature called "Dog Gone Funny", in which one or more panels are devoted to dog anecdotes submitted by the fans. Anderson, who says he draws on Laurel and Hardy routines for his ideas,[1] received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip in 1978.

Despite this, its longevity and perceived monotony[7] have been noted by satirical publications such as The Onion[8] and have made it the butt of jokes.[4] It has become "a hot source of retro-ironic-subversive humor."[9] For example, a blog called "Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke"[10]deconstructs the strip to offer an alternative explanation for what's happening in the drawing.[11][12][7][9] Another blog called "Marmaduke Can Vote" gives each panel a political slant,[13][9] while "The Marmaduke Project" re-imagines Marmaduke in other forms.[14][9]

In the "Mistakes Will Happen" episode of the animated television show Garfield and Friends, in which the cartoon purposely has many mistakes, at the end Garfield calls Odie, and Odie has been replaced by Marmaduke.[16]

^ abLaughing at, not with, the comics, Troy Reimink, Grand Rapids Press: "The daily comic strip strikes me as such a moldy, arcane form of entertainment, based on tired jokes repeated ad nauseam until the end of time. We get it: Garfield likes lasagna. Marmaduke is big."